An Omaha teenager remains in a coma at the Nebraska Medical Center after a rollover crash this weekend.

An Omaha teenager remains in a coma at the Nebraska Medical Center after a rollover crash this weekend.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CDT Mar 31, 2014

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WEBVTT RIGHT NOW -- AN OMAHA TEENAGER IS IN A COMA -- AND HER FAMILY ISN'T SURE IF SHE'LL EVER WAKE UP. MARANDA CAREY WAS IN A ROLLOVER CRASH ON INTERSTATE 680 THIS WEEKEND. SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE.. AND NOW THE 18-YEAR-OLD'S FAMILY WANTS TO KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S AMANDA CRAWFORD IS LIVE AT THE NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER. ONE OF MARANDA'S BEST FRIENDS IS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL TOO. SHE WAS IN THE CAR WHEN IT CRASHED. SHE HAD SURGERY AND SHE'LL BE OKAY. BUT MARANDA IS STILL IN A COMA. AND ALMOST HER WHOLE FAMILY IS BY HER SIDE -- PRAYING FOR HER TO WAKE UP. SHE HAS BRIGHT EYES -- AND A FREE SPIRIT. AND THAT'S WHAT MARANDA CAREY'S FAMILY MISSES THE MOST RIGHT NOW. (cathy main: she's good-hearted. She can be good to you but if you're mean to her, she'll tell you off in a minute (laughs) and she's lovable.) AND RIGHT NOW (it's pretty devastating) CATHY MAIN JUST WANTS HER GRANDAUGHTER TO WAKE UP.(cathy main: They've got her in a comatose state, and they can only do that so long) WHEN MAIN HEARD MARANDA HAD BEEN IN A BAD ACCIDENT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT -- SHE RUSHED TO BE WITH HER AT THE HOSPITAL. (cathy main: She's got a punctured lung. And she was breathing on her own, but they had to bag her and they were rescucitating her on her way in )(amanda crawford: The crash happened here near the Irvington exit on Interstate 680. Carey was driving in the north bound lanes. Police say she a car swerved at her.She lost control and her vehicle rolled so many times, it landed in the south-bound lanes. ) MAIN SAYS KNOWING THERE WAS ANOTHER DRIVER NEARBY -- UPSETS HER THE MOST.(cathy main: That the person didn't stop to help. There was no one else around. If you saw this happen, why didn't you just, even if it was an accident, couldn't you have just stopped and helped out?)(tim main: If this was pure and simple an accident, I don't think the rage would be inside any of us at this point ) MARANDA'S UNCLE SAYS THAT OTHER DRIVER NEEDS TO COME FORWARD. SO HIS FAMILY CAN HAVE SOME ANSWERS. AND UNTIL THEN...(terry main: Maybe she really does feel a little bit better about us being in the room ) HE'LL STAY BY HER SIDE. WAITING FOR THOSE BRIGHT EYES TO OPEN.(terry main: She's coming back. She's not going to leave us.There's no way. ) OMAHA POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED. MARANDA WAS WITH THREE OTHER FRIENDS -- AND THEY'VE ALL TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK CAR WITH TINTED WINDOWS SWERVED TWICE AT THEM -- AND DIDN'T STOP. AMANDA YOU SAID ONE FRIEND IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL -- HOW ARE THE OTHER TWO DOING? I'VE BEEN TALKING TO HER FRIENDS TODAY. GABRIELLA NICHOLS IS RECOVERING AT HOME -- BUT SHE CAN'T WALK YET. TANNER MARCOE IS AT HOME. AND THEN CHEY HARPSTER IS STILL HERE AT NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER. AMANDA CRAWFORD,

Teen remains in coma after weekend crash

An Omaha teenager remains in a coma at the Nebraska Medical Center after a rollover crash this weekend.